Undergraduate admissions offices are tasked with recruiting, admitting, and yielding students for their respective institutions, a process that impacts the current student body and ultimately, the alumni of a given school. At selective undergraduate institutions, job responsibilities for admissions officers can include traveling to meet…

Career and Technical Education (CTE) has evolved since its implementation in American classrooms. By design, students are able to develop practical skills that are expected to enhance their future employment opportunities when enrolled in CTE courses. As advanced as the programs have become, doubt still exists in program design and usefulness,…

Employee turnover is a significant cost in higher education institutions and involves potential disruptions in teaching and research programs, student advising, morale, and hiring costs to replace faculty and staff (Monks, 2012; Nagowski, 2006). In 2008, institutional costs of high turnover were estimated at $68 million (Figueroa, 2015). Turnover…

At the time of this writing, little research had been completed on the occupational aspirations of students and students' perceptions of their parents' career satisfaction. I completed a qualitative study in which I compared the occupational aspirations of 14 third-grade students, 7 girls and 7 boys, from a low socio-economic school and 14…

This study examines the relationship between teacher job satisfaction and teacher indicated propensity to leave their positions in one very unique geographical and cultural educational context - the Bering Strait School District in rural Western Alaska. Data was collected for this quantitative study via a questionnaire survey instrument utilizing…

Thriving at work is a psychological construct associated with being well and doing well in the workplace and is operationalized as a composite score of vitality and learning. The problem addressed by this study was the growing concern that a composite score for thriving at work does not account for how the sub-components of vitality and learning…

The purpose of this research is to examine whether senior undergraduate Chinese international students (CIS) express interest in interacting with domestic students and others on U.S. post-secondary campuses and how that interaction contributes to their collegiate experience. The study examines the extent to which CIS reports of institutional…

The cost of voluntary employee turnover affects business success or failure. Turnover costs for replacing mission-critical, public higher education institutions employees influence student experience and satisfaction. Grounded in Herzberg's motivational-hygiene theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies…

Veteran teachers who invest in the students and the community in which they work are especially important to retain. With challenges educators face today, what motivates them to remain on a campus for a number of years? This study explores the factors that contribute to the retention of veteran teachers in a public high school north of Houston,…

The purpose of this study is to extend knowledge regarding the nature of student complaints in community college settings. It describes the characteristics of complaints at a two-year institution and explores pedagogical practices intended to support student success and persistence. Qualitative content analysis of the institutions comprehensive…

The role of soft skills at school is still debated, but they have emerged as important factors for students' academic achievement and life satisfaction. This study focuses on the combined influence of soft skills (in terms of adaptability, curiosity, leadership, initiative, perseverance, and social awareness), extracurricular activities,…

The transition from school to university mathematics is a challenging process for many students, which is reflected in high dropout rates during the first year at university. Using mediation analysis, we want to shed light on the role of students' attitudes towards mathematics--especially their interest in mathematics and their mathematical…

This study supplements the existing conceptualisation of skills mismatch based on cognitive evaluations (being underskilled or overskilled) with an affective aspect that captures how workers cope with skills (mis)match situations (feeling overchallenged or underchallenged) and an analysis of skills mismatch situations' influence on job…

Purpose: This study aims to leverage the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology framework developed by Venkatesh et al. (2003) to explore the factors influencing faculty willingness and acceptance of online teaching at a major Saudi Arabian university as we move to a post-COVID-19 new normal. Design/methodology/approach: We surveyed…

The COVID-19 pandemic has engulfed the whole planet, including the education sector in Malaysia. As a result, the quality of lecturers' work is critical in maintaining the number of students in a university, particularly during a pandemic. Lecturers are put through their paces as they move from traditional to e-learning, learning new ways to teach…